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Clever Pseudonym's avatar

One of the great ironies here is that the Social Justice religion, which places the Victim (of anything and everything from "historical forces" to "power differentials" to that evil mark of Cain they call "Stigma") at the center of its movement and which is to California what Catholicism is to Rome, will end up killing many more of its sacred Victims than would have died or suffered otherwise.

I've said here before that I lived four years recently in Venice, CA, and I've seen all this up close: Social Justice disciples will vehemently furiously denounce anyone or anything in the most unhinged language if they suggest even one limit to the rights of junkies to do as they please at all times (thus meaning junkies' rights become paramount in any situation), even if this supposed right has the same result as giving a bottle of whiskey to a drunk or a bucket of KFC to someone morbidly obese.

The Social Justice religion has conquered the world because it allows people and organizations and esp politicians to purchase virtue on the cheap, with other people paying the price. But often the most compassionate thing you can do for people is to say NO. Otherwise your "compassion" is really about making yourself feel (and be seen as) good, world be damned.

As much as any opiate or fentanyl, the Social Justice religion's potent hit of self-righteousness, of making its users feel higher than anyone else when it comes to Caring and Being on the Right Side of History™, is the true Californian epidemic and I don't know if there will be any cure in our lifetimes.

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Jacqueline Rose's avatar

Harm reduction and low/no barrier housing are why Seattle and San Francisco and other like minded cities are the hell holes they are today. Some things are just not okay, like defecating in public or pitching your tent next to an elementary school while you pursue your drug-addicted "freedom" to live however you want. I wouldn't wish the life of an addict in one of these 'caring' cities on my worst enemy. If we really cared, we'd say no. No we won't affirm your throwing away the one precious life you have. No we won't watch you rot out your body and soul while you slowly die right in front of us. Harm reduction doesn't save lives, all it does is extend a miserable existence for a few more days or months or years. By the way, Vancouver BC, a pioneer in harm reduction, had the most ever overdose deaths in the first 9 months of 2022.

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